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Ashwin Sood
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Ashwin Sood (born September 25, 1967 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is a Canadian musician. He is the drummer in Sarah McLachlan's band, and is also married to McLachlan. Sood also plays percussion, loops, keyboards, and keyboard bass.
Sood grew up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He started playing the drums at age seven, after attending a Count Basie concert. In high school, he played with a band called Banood where he played drums and percussion and provided vocals for the group. Sood also arranged and conducted horn parts for Banood. In 2005 Banood reunited briefly.
In 1990 he graduated from the California's
Musicians Institute (Percussion Institute of Technology). Sood has produced songs and albums, including those for McLachlan,
Bass is Base, and
Lilith Fair. In the past, he has played with
Lava Hay and
Mae Moore. He met McLachlan while on tour with Lava Hay in the early 1990s. She asked him to play for "I Will Not Forget You" on her
Solace CD.
On February 7, 1997, Sood and McLachlan were married in Negril, Jamaica. On April 6, 2002, their first daughter, India Ann Sushil Sood, was born. The couple revealed on March 20, 2007 that they are expecting a second child.
The family lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Sood's cousin
Veena is a television and film actress.
Contents
- 1 Work with Banood
- 2 Work with Sarah McLachlan
- 3 Additional performances by Ashwin Sood
- 4 Sources
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Work with Banood
Work with Sarah McLachlan
Additional performances by Ashwin Sood
Sources
